💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Acetogenesis"
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| Word | Definition |
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| acetogennoun | (biology) Any organism that generates acetic acid or acetate as a product of acetogenesis. |
| acidogenesisnoun | (biochemistry) The biochemical formation of acids |
| acetobacternoun | Any of the genus Acetobacter of acetic acid bacteria characterized by the ability to convert ethanol to acetic acid in the presence of oxygen, and used in the commercial production of vinegar. |
| acetoclastisnoun | (biochemistry) The splitting of acetate into methane and carbon dioxide by some methanogens. |
| fermentationnoun | (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide |
| acetoacetasenoun | (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an acetoacetate |
| acetatelyasenoun | (biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts off acetate from another molecule. |
| acetylcholinesterasenoun | (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. |
| acetaldehydasenoun | (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid |
| acetylesterasenoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acetate ester. |
| propionigenesisnoun | (biochemistry) The biogenesis of propionate (especially from carbohydrates). |
| acetylatasenoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses acetylation |
| transacetylasenoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an acetyl group from one molecule to another. It is produced by the ‘a’ structural gene of the lac operon. |
| ethanologenesisnoun | (biochemistry) The production of ethanol, typically by a bacterium or yeast |
| acetyltransferasenoun | (biochemistry) transacetylase |
| acetokinasenoun | (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of acetate as part of glycolysis |
| homolactic fermentationnoun | (biochemistry) Any form of fermentation that produces a single acid, but especially the anaerobic conversion of pyruvic acid into lactic acid with concomitant oxidation of NADH to NAD |
| ketogenesisnoun | (physiology, biochemistry) The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies. |
| acetylasenoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes acetylation or deacetylation |
| beta-oxidationnoun | (biochemistry) The catabolic process by which fatty acid molecules are broken down in the cytosol in prokaryotes and in the mitochondria in eukaryotes to generate acetyl-CoA, NADH, and FADH₂. |
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